Course & Training:

The Certificate in Holistic Counselling

The Certificate in Holistic Counselling course began in 1999 to support health practitioners and students to utilize dynamic techniques for personal and professional development.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This is an unique opportunity to create in-dependence (self mastery). From this position true healing happens both personally and as a professional. Our holistic approach ensures transformation emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually thus manifesting your vision of life naturally.
The certification course is aimed at transforming practitioner’s personal patterns and experience of Self, enabling deeper insights, understanding and experience of the true nature of healing and Self enabling practitioners to truly facilitate clients personal transformation from the depth of knowing and experiencing the divinity of oneself. For all health practitioners and therapists, caring professionals, or persons interested in enlightening their experience of life.

TESTIMONIES
“This is the best investment I have ever made personally and professionally” Amy K Counsellor

"An amazing personal journey that gives you lots of tools to use in both personal and professional life" C Kato Acupuncturist

“I never give all ones in a course – but this has truly been a life changing and empowering experience in ways I could have never dreamed. Can’t think of anything you could have done better! ...The best thing you could possibly do for your personal and professional growth. Without doing the course its very difficult to put into words the growth and understanding it brings but you will come out a more whole and happy person.” J Flindell Massage Trainer, Student doctor

"It changed my life in ways I never dreamt of. It was the best money and I time I have ever spent in my life - and then some. Thank you beyond words.“ L Conroy, Secondary teacher

"This was the greatest journey to self discovery I have ever undertaken. The information and support from The Awakening Group was amazing." T. Barisic, Ministry of Defence

"Thank you so much for the journey you facilitate. I love it and me and you" C Dyer, Masseur

"It has been a truly wonderful experience for me... truly meeting reality and shifting my stale old techniques to wholesome and moving ones. A wonderfully profound unique experience!"
T. Fisher, Teacher/Carer

“The course creates for people the opportunity for a permanent and complete falling in love with yourself and gaining confidence in life plus the qualification. My growth and development was supported over a six month period not only by spectacular facilitators but by the group and course itself. My personal journey has been amazing -my business has grown, as has my complete faith in the truth of who I am.” Thanks. Judith

COURSE CONTENT
The Certificate in Holistic Counselling includes 12 classes, 3 study groups, and a private consultation, course manual, CD, DVD & a certificate given on successful completion.

PART I: The Big Picture
Sunday 9am to 5pm Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

  • The Big Picture: How Reality is Created
  • Mapping one’s Lifestream: Identifying issues & their point of creation
  • Aligning self judgment
  • Moving beyond the past to the present. Being the future.
  • HUM: How U Manifest: Thought embraced by emotion
  • Soul communication: Laying the foundations to learning to trust oneself
  • Who am I Really beyond the thoughts: Freedom from our neuroses

Part II: Healing the Wounded Healer
9am to 5pm Saturday & Sunday Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

  • Role of parents in psychological development
  • How the psyche recreates to resolve
  • Acknowledging unresolved parental needs
  • Connecting with inner child, journeying to recreate a supportive inner reality
  • Addressing anger, hurt, fear, obligation, grief, guilt, abandonment, betrayal
  • Direct experience: aligning emotional - turning anguish into bliss
  • Embracing the Shadow self
  • Aligning personal issues to experience the peace and Truth of self
  • Connecting with our lineage

Part III: Beliefs: The Work of Byron Katie
Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Rosie Stave

  • The Work of Byron Katie –The Great Undoing: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life.
  • Time magazine called it: Four Questions to Inner Peace
    “An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering” Byron Katie
  • Learning and Experiencing the Inquiry
  • The Worksheet
  • 4 questions and Turnarounds
  • Literal Listening
  • The Gift of Criticism

Study Group:
Saturday 3pm – 6pm

  • Questions and Answers
  • Emotional Freedom technique

Part IV: Essentials to Counselling (Part #4 of Effectiveness Training)
Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Judith Richardson (ESTEAM)

  • The Therapeutic Relationship
  • Introduction & practice of counselling skills: Learning the helping Skills
  • Who Owns the Problem
  • Roadblocks to Communication
  • Active Listening: Lead Ins, Common Mistakes, Statements & responses,
  • Feelings Inventory
  • I Messages
  • Feelings Needs Inventory
  • Developing empathy using micro-skills
  • Identifying the Issue(s)

Part V: Family Constellation (Systemic Constellations)
Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Catherine Ingram

  • Introduction to the Principles of Family Constellation, by Bert Hellinger
  • Key components of Family Constellation work: Family History, The Family Soul, Orders of Love, Function of Conscience, Belonging, Balance of Giving & Taking
  • Movements of the Soul
  • Personal Constellations
  • Experience being a representative in this phenomenological approach
  • Addressing issues such as adoption, abuse, illness, belonging, etc

Study Group:
Saturday 3pm – 6pm

  • Questions and Answers

Part VI: Creative Counselling
Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

  • Creative visualization: a simple and powerful tool reconnecting sub-personalities ie: wise self, sensual self, inner child, sexuallity etc.
  • Combining Systemic Constellations with Creative Visualization and other techniques in one to one sessions
  • Dissolution and Freedom technique: Clearing dis-ease, pain and emotional patterns in the body
  • Learn ways to connect with guidance
    and trusting yourself as a counselor through
    • Inner guides
    • Soul communication
    • Muscle testing (Kinesiology)
    • Spiritual Cleansing Technique

Study Group:
Saturday 3pm – 6pm

  • Case Studies discussion and draft presentation

Part VII: Love, Sex & Relationships
Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

  • Initiation of the Senses: Awakening Ones Sensual Self
  • Enhancing Intimacy (In to Me See) in relationships
  • The Masculine & Feminine in Relationship: Balancing them within
  • Orders of Love in Relationships
  • Meeting in Love: A Return to Innocence, a new way of connecting without the goals
  • Issues arising in relationships and what to be aware of
  • Enlivening and learning about sexual energy in the body: Transforming sexual energy into meditation

Part VIII: Physically Speaking
Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Ana Lamaro

  • Your Disease is keeping you healthy: Speaking to illness and letting illness speak to you
  • A Holistic Approach
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Stress, Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
  • Symptoms of: prevention & cure
  • Biology Becomes Biography: Energy Psychology
  • Case studies and working with illnesses
  • Professional Development session (optional)
  • Up-skilling regularly for past students and current students on various topics.
  • Held twice a year (not included in course cost)

Part IX: Putting it All Together
Sunday 9am - 5pm Facilitator: Brenda Sutherland

  • The Intuitive Approach
  • Client Questionnaire and Interviewing process
  • Ethics
  • Who Am I Beyond the Story and Processes?
  • Defining Oneself and Intention as a Counsellor

Please note the order each unit is offered may change.

TRAINERS
Trainers have been chosen from across Australia due to being leaders in their field. Train with the best so you become the best.

Brenda Sutherland
Judith Richardson
Rosie Stave
Ana Lamaro
Catherine Ingram

 

COURSE LOGISTICS

Dates: Melbourne course starts 22nd March 2009 and runs every second weekend or Sunday for 6 months.
Brisbane course starts 26th July 2009 and runs every second weekend or Sunday for 6 months
Please note The Work of Byron Katie and Family/Systemic Constellations units are open to other students to join the weekend. See courses for more info

Cost: $2195 full course cost, $1995 earlybird price if paid in full 2 weeks prior to the course starting. A $350 nonrefundable secures your place.

Venue: Melbourne: Australian Shiatsu College, 3 Evans St, Brunswick
Brisbane: Junjarina 1260 Wynnum Rd, Tingalpa, www.junjarina.com.au/map.php

Assessment: Case studies, take home questions, class presentation, autobiography & unit review questions.

Accreditation: Australian Holistic Healers Association (AHHA) accredited. For more details on benefits of AHHA membership see www.ahha.org.au Insurance available. Practitioners with complementary modalities are able to use call themselves a Holistic Counsellor on completion of course due to accreditation.
The course is over 160 hours training with Unit 4 being part of a nationally accredited course.

Essentials to Counselling is Part 4 of a 4 part series that is a nationally accredited training program.

 

Enrolments:The number of enrolments are limited per year. Deposit secures your place. On enrolment an individual session is made so that we can create the course to suit your needs and career direction, whilst supporting your personal growth.

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